Business & Application Software Report

March 08, 2010

Buy ($175)

Topics covered: Software Companies In Accelerating-Growth Mode, Small- & Mid-Cap Threats To Oracle, Shift From Paper To Electronic Transactions, Push For Best-Of-Breed Solutions, International Growth Catalysts In Payment Processing, Industry Move To Virtualization, Increased Public/Private Consolidation, Focus On Simplicity & Efficiency, Cloud Computing & Software-as-a-Service Trends, Business Margin Optimization, 2010 Pickup In IT Spending

Companies covered: First M&F Corp., Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:CTSH), CA Inc. (NASDAQ:CA), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), Vmware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), SAP SE (NYSE:SAP), Quest Software Inc., Palm, Inc., Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Motorola Inc., Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), BMC Software Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVBD), OPNET Technologies Inc., NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ), F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Blue Coat Systems Inc., Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDRX), Websense, Inc., Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), McAfee, Inc., Sourcefire, Inc., Eclipsys Corp., ArcSight, Inc., Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:ZION), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, City National Corporation (NYSE:CYN), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), Compuware Corp., Art Technology Group Inc., Washington Federal Inc., Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:UMPQ), Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:TCBI), Prosperity Bancshares Inc., First Financial Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIN), East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC), Comerica Incorporated (NYSE:CMA), Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (NYSE:CFR), Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE:BOH), NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTCT), Western Union Company (The) (NYSE:WU), Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRAK), Solera Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SLH), Verifone Systems, Inc. (NYSE:PAY), Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA), Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN), Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX), Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE:ADS), SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI), Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB), Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE), Taleo Corp., SuccessFactors, Inc., Rightnow Technologies Inc., Parametric Technology Corporat, Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX), Netsuite Inc (NYSE:N), Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU), Internet Capital Group Inc., Online Resources Corp., MICROS Systems, Inc., Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY), Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI), Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS), CyberSource Corporation, IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS), CSG Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGS), Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (NASDAQ:MGIC), PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PRO), Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRFT), Callidus Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALD), Nara Bancorp Inc., Scientific Learning Corp., Unify Corp., Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Syntel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYNT), Plexus Corp. (NASDAQ:PLXS), Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE:PLT), NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), Intermec, Inc., Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD), Ciber, Inc. (NYSE:CBR), Accenture plc. (NYSE:ACN)